Post by: charlest on February 15, 2004, 11:35:34 PM
"Is this ball a pearl or a solid resin (or a combination)?"
Mr. Tom Tomaras, "Senior Trainer /Technical Engineer, Brunswick" sent this answer:
"it has Black Pearl and Orange Pearl mixed ... "
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Post by: WiscBowler on February 16, 2004, 02:40:50 PM
Post by: TECH SUPPORT on February 16, 2004, 02:55:10 PM
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Post by: TTforshort on February 16, 2004, 05:57:15 PM
My Inferno has predominately black and orange. So if they are both pearl,there is very little solid, reactive resin in the cover.
I would call it a pearl with a little solid.
....back to the original question....
TT
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Post by: DON DRAPER on February 16, 2004, 10:50:14 PM
Post by: HamPster on February 16, 2004, 10:55:09 PM
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Post by: BowlersAidProShop-Wells on February 17, 2004, 12:12:56 AM
Post by: TWOHAND834 on February 17, 2004, 12:47:01 AM
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Post by: agroves on February 17, 2004, 12:59:48 AM
Andrew
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Post by: charlest on February 17, 2004, 11:33:55 AM
I do not understand why some people need to put some kind of "spin", some kind alternative translation upon these words. Is it so hard to understand that this is a 100% Brunswick pearl?
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"Just because you can do something does not mean you should do it."
Edited on 2/17/2004 12:30 PM
Post by: Jeffrevs on February 17, 2004, 11:42:59 AM
However, the answer you got from Brunswick is ridiculous...because he didn't read your question!
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JEFF
Rebuilding my game one mid-500 series at a time !!
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Post by: charlest on February 17, 2004, 12:15:11 PM
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I hadn't seen any ORIGINAL Inferno questions, it was the Raging that was the questionable one......and that is a particle pearl....but I don't recall seeing confusion on the original.......
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JEFF
Rebuilding my game one mid-500 series at a time !!
Jeff,
While there has been discussion about the Raging, there is much confusion and misinformation floating around about the original Inferno. In one thread someone made fun of me for daring to disagree with him that the Inferno was a solid. Many others have indicated the same thing. Indeed, read all the above replies befoe yours; several are twisting Mr. Tomaras's reply around to suit their own feelings about the ball, despite his explicit statement that it has two colors and both are pearlized formulations.
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Post by: T-GOD on February 17, 2004, 02:13:58 PM
Post by: no1bucsfan on February 17, 2004, 02:36:32 PM
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Post by: kendog on February 17, 2004, 02:38:50 PM
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Post by: da Shiv on February 17, 2004, 02:52:45 PM
I didn't know there was any controversy about the Inferno's coverstock makeup, but I haven't necessarily made a point of reading Inferno posts either. I have two Infernos and I've seen many, and they all look very clearly like two toned pearls to me--with each part looking pearlized. In fact, the Inferno looks much more clearly pearlized to me than some other balls that are designated as pearls--the Pro Purple Buzzsaw and the Power Diesel, to name two. If the presence of some sparkly stuff somewhere (whether mica or PET or something else) makes a ball a pearl, then such balls as the old Triton Elite and the Sky Bolt would have to be called pearls. In the case of the Inferno, the whole ball looks clearly pearlized to me.
The part of this discussion that interested me most was the part about the Inferno being orange and black. All the ones I've seen are orange and brown. The darkest part of the brown swirl looks almost black; and that dark part usually doesn't look very pearly, so maybe that's where this controversy comes from.
By the way, with reference to the Pro Purple and the Power Diesel; I don't want to start another controversy. I have a Pro Purple and I can see that it has mica or something in it, but it is uniformly distributed and doesn't have that misty swirl to it that I usually associate with pearls. I've only seen one Power Diesel, and it absolutely looked like a solid. It even ships with a 1000 grit sanded surface--very unusual for a "pearl."
Shiv
P.S. I'd like to say that I'm a member of the Inferno fan club. I think it's a great ball and I hope Brunswick leaves it in the line for awhile. Bob Hanson has posted that the Inferno has a unique type of move all it's own and I agree with that. I don't know about subsequent Infernos, but the original is a real keeper.
Listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desk top
Edited on 2/17/2004 3:52 PM
Post by: Phillip Marlowe on February 17, 2004, 03:15:18 PM
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Post by: LuckyLefty on February 17, 2004, 03:39:57 PM
And one could no more state the facts more completely than the words,
Orange and black pearl"
Not orange and black almost pearl, but maybe let's call it a solid in Arkansas.
"ORANGE and BLACK PEARL".
As George Bush the 1st so eloquently said,
"Read my lips".
I sometimes have to say that to my children! But they are not quite 5.
REgards,
Luckylefty
Post by: da Shiv on February 17, 2004, 03:57:12 PM
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Excuse me, why is there a continuing controversy?
I dunno.
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Why are there all these answers to this thread.
Because it's so weird.
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... Oh, excuse me, I have to go follow a large white rabbit who is muttering something about a "Mad Hatter".
Well, I'm off...but just a bit and it don't hardly show.
Shiv
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Listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desk top
Post by: charlest on February 17, 2004, 04:21:37 PM
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"Just because you can do something does not mean you should do it."